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Author Archives: QILAC
Are some of the children in remote areas non-English-speaking and do they need to be taught in their own traditional language?
An interesting article in the Courier Mail which raises the above question. Read the article
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Losing Language, Losing Knowledge
Audio, transcript and quotes from the 2011 Brisbane Writers Festival panel session with Andrew Westoll, Wade Davis, Susan Hawthorne chaired by Faith Baisden. BWF 2011 Transcript The audio segments are about 30mins each. PresentationsBWF audio presentations QuestionsBWF audio questions
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Only 10 per cent of world’s languages left by 2100
Linguistic analysts predict that 90 per cent of the world’s languages will disappear by the end of this century and topping the threatened list are Australian Indigenous languages. Adelaide University’s linguistics professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann is urging the Australian community to … Continue reading
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Australian linguicide
ABC 612am. DRIVE. 10 April 2012 , 4:08 PM by Peter Gooch It’s not a record to be proud of, but Australia appears to be world champions at linguicide, the killing of languages. Out of an estimated 250 spoken by … Continue reading
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Strait Talking
Article by Living Black – 9 April 2012 As the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander languages in use dwindles there’s one Indigenous language that’s growing Yumplatok, Stefan Armbruster reports from the Torres Strait.
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AILA World Congress 2014 – Brisbane
‘One World, Many Languages’ In 2014, the AILA World Congress will be held in Brisbane AILA 2014.pdf AILA 2014.pdf (106.25 KB). We encourage all members to register their interest and receive regular updates at the AILA website: http://www.aila2014.com/
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The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) 2012 Conference – Perth, 12, 13, 14 November
The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) is the national organisation for applied linguistics in Australia. ALAA aims to provide leadership in applied linguistics and supports the development of teaching, learning and research in the field. ALAA includes national and … Continue reading
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Reviving “extinct” languages
An article in Namalata Thusi. The Queensland Government’s external publication on Indigenous issues, published by The Department of Communities. Namalata is a Queensland Aboriginal word meaning “messenger” and Thusi is a western Torres Strait Islander word meaning “paper” or “book”.
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2010-11 MILR program funding announced
Congratulations to all those who received funding this year. We look forward to seeing the outcomes of your projects.
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Miromaa Training begins at Thursday Island
We have just started today and the workshop is going great. The Thursday Island mob are very excited and couldn’t help but comment that a black fella must’ve come up with the concept of Miromaa.
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